Yuan H., Wang R., 2018, Temperature Sensitive Medium of New-Type Automotive Thermostat Based on Acetone Solution, Chemical Engineering Transactions, 71, 253-258.
In order to study the temperature sensitive medium of a new-type thermostat, this paper designs a special experimental device to measure the thrust force generated by the volume expansion of various temperature sensitive media at different temperatures, and selects a temperature sensitive medium acetone solution that meets the requirements of the thermostat; at the same time, the response time of thermostat valve opening caused by volume expansion of heated acetone solution is measured, the experimental results show that the response speed is faster than that of the paraffin medium commonly used in the current thermostats. The new-type thermostat with acetone solution as the temperature sensitive medium has the characteristics of stable, reliable and fast response.
